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if it was the case with the bush administration, is more so the case with the obama administration. lawyers are the spokespersons. they are behind the scenes and in front of the cameras. obama hasn't employed his lawyers to explain what he's doing to the nation, why he has -- why he is doing it, and to try to make interface between the public an administration policy. which means basically that lawyers have been inseparable from the presidential policies, in particular about war and how we are conducting war under the present administration. there is really nobody better to speak about the issues to which this conference is devoted than jeh johnson, who recently left the department of defense as general counsel. before that he has had other public-service jobs. he was a prosecutor here in the southern district of york for couple of years. he was also general counsel for president clinton for the air force. there are many things you can say about jeh johnson, but from what i have seen and read and heard, hear other things i think are important to say. this is a man who understands an
if it was the case with the bush administration, is more so the case with the obama administration. lawyers are the spokespersons. they are behind the scenes and in front of the cameras. obama hasn't employed his lawyers to explain what he's doing to the nation, why he has -- why he is doing it, and to try to make interface between the public an administration policy. which means basically that lawyers have been inseparable from the presidential policies, in particular about war and how we are...
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the obama administration walked into it. earlier this week, representative andy harris, a doctor from maryland -- [applause] >> right? i just moved here and i'm from california. i feel right at home in maryland. you have to watch out. he was on the appropriation committee and he had the president of the disease control center in front of him. you sent out this pamphlet and you're cutting because of the sequestration and 250,000 children in maryland would go without immunization and i have the obama budget in front of me. you were going cut $58 million and no children were going to be go out immunization. that proves they are lying to you. number two, they are using children to prey on you and number three, you can cut without these affects being as disaster ours. call the president out on here and you'll see how the president is manipulating you through the media. this president did not run the election on gun control. children in his own home district are getting slaughtered on a nightly basis and he says nothing about that
the obama administration walked into it. earlier this week, representative andy harris, a doctor from maryland -- [applause] >> right? i just moved here and i'm from california. i feel right at home in maryland. you have to watch out. he was on the appropriation committee and he had the president of the disease control center in front of him. you sent out this pamphlet and you're cutting because of the sequestration and 250,000 children in maryland would go without immunization and i have...
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the two sides in this case involved the bush and obama administration. the obama administration chose not to defend the law. isy believe it unconstitutional. the house republicans hired paul comment who was the solicitor general for george w. bush. he's going to argue that the congress made this decision, it is reasonable for the federal government to maintain the view that they always had, that marriage is between a man and woman. that is all we need to recognize. don verrilli, the obama administration solicitor general, will argue that it is discriminatory, it discriminates against gay couples, and there is no justification port -- for it. an attorney from new york city is representing the plaintiff in the case, a woman named kaity windsor. she was with partner, they met in the -- in greenwich village in the 1960's, they got married in toronto in 2007, they lived in new york, and her spouse died in 2009. she got a $363,000 estate tax bill from the irs. ofot of this was the value the property they own, it went up. basically the ira's and treated her as
the two sides in this case involved the bush and obama administration. the obama administration chose not to defend the law. isy believe it unconstitutional. the house republicans hired paul comment who was the solicitor general for george w. bush. he's going to argue that the congress made this decision, it is reasonable for the federal government to maintain the view that they always had, that marriage is between a man and woman. that is all we need to recognize. don verrilli, the obama...
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that was the problem with election day for you, trying to blend the obama administration for the mess in this country, where the public overwhelmingly believed it was george bush and republican congress have made that mess. >> i would suggest that romney did not do a good job of letting people have the facts that would cause them to hold the obama administration accountable for their policies. i do not take the difference and what you are saying -- >> before these two begin wrestling -- we want to expand the conversation because we want to include questions. >> i am sorry, but having worked for governor romney and president bush, i feel obliged to make a couple of points. >> take your time. [laughter] >> the bush library opens next week, and i believe as people look at his record compared to president obama's record, it will stack up very well, and history will be kind to him. in terms of governor romney, there are things the campaign did wrong. there is a lot of reflection on that. i think governor romney would have made a good president, and i would say also in terms of lessons lear
that was the problem with election day for you, trying to blend the obama administration for the mess in this country, where the public overwhelmingly believed it was george bush and republican congress have made that mess. >> i would suggest that romney did not do a good job of letting people have the facts that would cause them to hold the obama administration accountable for their policies. i do not take the difference and what you are saying -- >> before these two begin...
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the decision that the obama administration made to continue to enforce doma and also to bring in all the way to the supreme court simply said that we will give you all of the constitutional analysis that we think is defensible. in the point of litigation were cases were being filed in the second circuit, where there was no law of the circuit that could be applied to discrimination based on orientation and when you sit down to answer that question according to what the rules are, difficultaordinarily to mount a decision that says that discrimination based on sexual orientation ought to be subject to a rational scrutiny. they came to the lawyers conclusion that they could not make that argument. the only argument they could make is that doma implies strict scrutiny under the equal protection law, which no one has been able to argue because it is not arguable. the law is so close to flat out irrational that it cannot come close to satisfying scrutiny. >> paul said the magic words, and not all of the students in the room here, and certainly not the audience, understand advance constituti
the decision that the obama administration made to continue to enforce doma and also to bring in all the way to the supreme court simply said that we will give you all of the constitutional analysis that we think is defensible. in the point of litigation were cases were being filed in the second circuit, where there was no law of the circuit that could be applied to discrimination based on orientation and when you sit down to answer that question according to what the rules are,...
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>> former national security adviser zbigniew brzezinski criticized the obama administration handling of the syrian civil war and discusses how the west should respond to iran's nuclear program. >> we have explored now and some .ep the state of iraq today we have looked at what the war has cost the american taxpayer and the american economy and how that relates to the fiscal problems that we are facing today. we turn now to the geopolitical lessons of this conflict. i think the heart of this discussion. one of the great strengths of this nation, indeed i would say one of our defining characteristics, is the americans' willingness, inclination, capacity always to look to the future, to embrace it. that ability has driven our growth for several centuries and certain accounts for some of our greatest achievements. but it has a heavy cost. and that cost is that we are far too quick to turn the page and to leave our past behind relatively unexamined. edmund burke over 250 years ago who warned that those who don't know history are condemned to repeat it. i must say, always thinking about th
>> former national security adviser zbigniew brzezinski criticized the obama administration handling of the syrian civil war and discusses how the west should respond to iran's nuclear program. >> we have explored now and some .ep the state of iraq today we have looked at what the war has cost the american taxpayer and the american economy and how that relates to the fiscal problems that we are facing today. we turn now to the geopolitical lessons of this conflict. i think the heart...
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host: trnt republicans say thrg have been increases in spending by the obama administration at pushed the debt from five or six years ago guest: how much debt there was when president obama came to office and how much debt there is now. that is the consistent argument it's getting worse. when you compare the ryan budget to the senate democrats budget there is a different pace of spending, both of them increase spending over time but the democrats by a lot more. host: go ahead bob. caller: we won't really know what's in this thing until the cover is pulled off. we can't trust the media to tell us the truth. and you should really when you have politico on, you should mention if you have a conservative on you will say they are a conservative outfit but never with politico which s a very left out fit based on msnbc that pew research says it's 85% biased. thank you and have a wonderful day. guest: i would say call it like it is and run it down the middle which looking at this budget there will be a lot for all of us to find. host: go ahead wendy. caller: i was calling about the obama care
host: trnt republicans say thrg have been increases in spending by the obama administration at pushed the debt from five or six years ago guest: how much debt there was when president obama came to office and how much debt there is now. that is the consistent argument it's getting worse. when you compare the ryan budget to the senate democrats budget there is a different pace of spending, both of them increase spending over time but the democrats by a lot more. host: go ahead bob. caller: we...
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the obama administration modified. russians felt better about the modified plan but still did not like any capability in poland. you have this military question. to russians really worry that 20 defense interceptors in poland can affect their nuclear deterrent against us. do they need that anymore? then you have the psychological issue. the poles and others feel they have every right to cooperation with united states and to being part in nato. into these old cold war psychological issues -- i think the obama administration is trying to threaten nato and they are doing a good job try to figure out a way to try to be firm and clear. we are not going to back off our association with them because moscow does not like it. by the same token we will try to fears orthese russian paranoia in the interest of getting russian cooperation on issues like iran, syria, and afghanistan. you have to make sure you did not give russia any -- to give russia the sense that anytime we complained we will back off from military programs. we fe
the obama administration modified. russians felt better about the modified plan but still did not like any capability in poland. you have this military question. to russians really worry that 20 defense interceptors in poland can affect their nuclear deterrent against us. do they need that anymore? then you have the psychological issue. the poles and others feel they have every right to cooperation with united states and to being part in nato. into these old cold war psychological issues -- i...
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barack obama promised the most transparent administration ever. obama, you lie. [applause] there is a direct correlation between the senate stubbornly refusing to pass the budget and the senate selfishly agreeing to go ahead and spend our children's and grandchildren's money. it is time to get outraged about this. never before have our challenges been so big and our leaders so small. when we were here last year the words on everyone's lips and the wish in your heart was for barack to pack up and bubble wrap the nobel and high tops and head back to chicago. the election came and went but the campaign never stopped. but our country is desperate for but our country is desperate for leadership we get instead a permanent campaign. leaders take risks for the good of our country. leaders reached across political differences. campaigners double down on those differences. leaders seek to bring americans challenges. campaigners seek to divide and to conquer and to orchestrate crisis after crisis after crisis to exploit. mr. president, we admit it. you won. accept it. now s
barack obama promised the most transparent administration ever. obama, you lie. [applause] there is a direct correlation between the senate stubbornly refusing to pass the budget and the senate selfishly agreeing to go ahead and spend our children's and grandchildren's money. it is time to get outraged about this. never before have our challenges been so big and our leaders so small. when we were here last year the words on everyone's lips and the wish in your heart was for barack to pack up...
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the two sides in this case involved the bush and obama administration. the obama administration chose not to defend the law. they believe it is unconstitutional. the house republicans hired paul comment who was the solicitor general for george w. bush. he's going to argue that the congress made this decision, it is reasonable for the federal government to maintain the view that they always had, that marriage is between a man and woman. that is all we need to recognize. the obamalli, administration solicitor general, will argue that it is discriminatory, it discriminates against gay couples, and there is no justification port -- for it. an attorney from new york city is representing the plaintiff in the case, a woman named kaity windsor. she was with partner, they met in the -- in greenwich village in the 1960's, they got married in toronto in 2007, they lived in new york, and her spouse died in 2009. she got a $363,000 estate tax bill from the irs. a lot of this was the value of the property they own, it went up. basically the ira's and treated her as if
the two sides in this case involved the bush and obama administration. the obama administration chose not to defend the law. they believe it is unconstitutional. the house republicans hired paul comment who was the solicitor general for george w. bush. he's going to argue that the congress made this decision, it is reasonable for the federal government to maintain the view that they always had, that marriage is between a man and woman. that is all we need to recognize. the obamalli,...
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. >> is "the weekly standard" more popular during obama administration or the bush administration? >> you know, it is about the same. i think. >> you didn't get a rash of news? >> a little bit. but not really that much. >> and what about your experience now with fox news? are you still doing the commentary? >> i do some but a lot less. >> why? >> well, that is partly the decision of fox news, but you know, going with other people. i did special report, the show that is 6:00 to 7:00 eastern time. brit hume was the host. i was there almost every night. brett comes in. he wants to have his own people. >> how far do you go back? >> high school. >> what was he like in high school? >> he, i guess, he has changed a lot. >> in what way? >> he was, he was always pretty self-confident, spoke very well. he was not particularly a great student, nor was i when we were together at the university of virginia. we both went in the same line of work. >> when he was here right after he retired. he talked about his relationship with jesus christ, the same thing. >> right. >> that is new that people ta
. >> is "the weekly standard" more popular during obama administration or the bush administration? >> you know, it is about the same. i think. >> you didn't get a rash of news? >> a little bit. but not really that much. >> and what about your experience now with fox news? are you still doing the commentary? >> i do some but a lot less. >> why? >> well, that is partly the decision of fox news, but you know, going with other people. i did...
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the obama administration saw assad as a reformer in the works. then it bet on moscow to play a constructive role. this is the assad who is bombing villages in syria. this is the assad who is ordering teenagers tortured. frankly, he is engaged in murdering his populist. the ancient city is now in ruins. 70,000 syrians are dead. a million refugees has spilled into neighboring countries. destabilizing those countries. there are troubling reports that assad might be moving to unleash chemical weapons. the u.s. has been generous in supporting suffering serious, -- suffering syrians, but perhaps naÏvely so. theas been funneled through un and other international organizations that are restricted to areas controlled by the syrian regime. that is absurd. only recently has the u.s. begun to push food aid directly to the syrian opposition. that shift should accelerate dramatically. i really wonder about providing any humanitarian aid through the un that ends up going to the regime at all. it indirectly helps assad and therefore presumably prolongs the conf
the obama administration saw assad as a reformer in the works. then it bet on moscow to play a constructive role. this is the assad who is bombing villages in syria. this is the assad who is ordering teenagers tortured. frankly, he is engaged in murdering his populist. the ancient city is now in ruins. 70,000 syrians are dead. a million refugees has spilled into neighboring countries. destabilizing those countries. there are troubling reports that assad might be moving to unleash chemical...
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administration wants to do so. but it seems the strategy is to make some surgical strike to knock out the iranian pat -- iranian it's your capacity. -- nuclear capacity. is that possible for an example of faith based strategy? you have raised the importance of understanding how the opponent will respond. what is the likely response of the iranians to what is -- to what we hope will be a surgical strike? >> i will deal with iraq and iran then there is another issue i will address. who bears this possibility? fairly the answer is obvious. we do. we started the war. the iraqis did not attack us. we went in. some may say for legitimate reasons, others miss a dubious reasons. some, like myself, for fraudulent reasons. we started its of the arrest of will for what happened. -- so we are responsible for what happened. i wish we had done better carry it -- we started it so we are responsible for what happened. i wish we had done better. i wonder how they look at us in that connection. every war is murderous. it depends on
administration wants to do so. but it seems the strategy is to make some surgical strike to knock out the iranian pat -- iranian it's your capacity. -- nuclear capacity. is that possible for an example of faith based strategy? you have raised the importance of understanding how the opponent will respond. what is the likely response of the iranians to what is -- to what we hope will be a surgical strike? >> i will deal with iraq and iran then there is another issue i will address. who...
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the obama administration had actually been enforcing the immigration laws, has been directorate number of audits and still the workplace audits as well. and holding employers accountable more than any previous administration. the legislation -- in order for it to function, there have to be take components. people need to be brought out of the shadows and allowed to apply for earned his citizenship and secondly, employers need to be held accountable, particularly from labor law violations. if employers know they can hire and exploit workers then get away with that, they will continue to do so even after we have immigration reform. labor law protection as a major component of enforcement of the laws is an extremely important deterrent to future unlawful immigration. host: story from politico earlier this month. senate stop on lower skilled workers. -- stuck on low-skilled workers. talk about this effort. guest: the issue of any future immigrants who come on employment-based visas is but that the fault line. chamber of commerce and afl-cio have been in negotiations. it seems they may have
the obama administration had actually been enforcing the immigration laws, has been directorate number of audits and still the workplace audits as well. and holding employers accountable more than any previous administration. the legislation -- in order for it to function, there have to be take components. people need to be brought out of the shadows and allowed to apply for earned his citizenship and secondly, employers need to be held accountable, particularly from labor law violations. if...
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that was the problem with election day for you, trying to blend the obama administration for the mess in this country, where the public overwhelmingly believed it was george bush and republican congress have made that mess. >> i would suggest that romney did not do a good job of letting people have the facts that would cause them to hold the obama administration accountable for their policies. i do not take the difference and what you are saying -- >> before these two begin wrestling -- we want to expand the conversation because we want to include questions. >> i am sorry, but having worked for governor romney and president bush, i feel obliged to make a couple of points. >> take your time. [laughter] >> the bush library opens next week, and i believe as people look at his record compared to president obama's record, it will stack up very well, and history will be kind to him. in terms of governor romney, there are things the campaign did wrong. there is a lot of reflection on that. i think governor romney would have made a good president, and i would say also in terms of lessons lear
that was the problem with election day for you, trying to blend the obama administration for the mess in this country, where the public overwhelmingly believed it was george bush and republican congress have made that mess. >> i would suggest that romney did not do a good job of letting people have the facts that would cause them to hold the obama administration accountable for their policies. i do not take the difference and what you are saying -- >> before these two begin...
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more importantly, the whole idea that somehow because the obama administration happens to be more sympathetic than the bush administration, that the constitutional law will change, that is controversial. the theory in 1965 that you could be fired from every employee job if were found not a be gay, everybody had constitutional right to marry a same-sex partner. now they do not. they've pushed it through in a few states. that cannot be directly to think about it. if we think about the factors that are very important, it is neither an mutability or political powerlessness. it is the other two factors. is this a group that has a history of being oppressed and prejudiced? yes. is the characteristic we're talking about something that affects your ability to contribute to society. nope. once those questions are answered, the other two the courts as are sometimes important and sometimes are not important. political powerlessness to not have much to do with the decision in 1975 to make heightened scrutiny applied to gender discrimination. that whole scenario tells you. >> those laws being challenged w
more importantly, the whole idea that somehow because the obama administration happens to be more sympathetic than the bush administration, that the constitutional law will change, that is controversial. the theory in 1965 that you could be fired from every employee job if were found not a be gay, everybody had constitutional right to marry a same-sex partner. now they do not. they've pushed it through in a few states. that cannot be directly to think about it. if we think about the factors...
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that was the problem with election day for you, trying to blend the obama administration for the mess in this country, where the public overwhelmingly believed it was george bush and republican congress have made that mess. >> i would suggest that romney did not do a good job of letting people have the facts that would cause them to hold the obama administration accountable for their policies. i do not take the difference and what you are saying -- two beganthese to expand-- we want the conversation because we want to include questions. >> i am sorry, but having worked for governor romney and president bush, i feel obliged to make a couple of points. >> take your time. [laughter] >> the bush library opens next week, and i believe as people look at his record compared to president obama's record, it will stack up very well, and history will be kind to him. in terms of governor romney, there are things the campaign did wrong. there is a lot of reflection on that. i think governor romney would have made a good president, and i would say also in terms of lessons learned, one of the lesson
that was the problem with election day for you, trying to blend the obama administration for the mess in this country, where the public overwhelmingly believed it was george bush and republican congress have made that mess. >> i would suggest that romney did not do a good job of letting people have the facts that would cause them to hold the obama administration accountable for their policies. i do not take the difference and what you are saying -- two beganthese to expand-- we want the...
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we also, on this committee, subcommittee, had a hearing that was entitled the obama administration regulatory war on the economy. very ominous. the sky apparently is falling, notwithstanding the fact that the administration has created about 6 million private sector jobs. today, there is a thing advanced by some, again, not questioning the views of many good faith members, but the theme is that criminals have been unleashed on the american public. the question that has been posed is, is this policy or politics? parenthetically that i believe in my reading of the 22nd amendment, barack obama is constitutionally prohibited from running for office again because he was elected and reelected. i'm not sure how politics could make their way into this discussion from the electoral context. putting that aside, the issue of whether criminals have recklessly been unleashed on the american public is an interesting one. i have about 2220 people who are at issue in terms of their release from detention. is that correct? >> that is correct. >> that release took place between february 9 and march 1. is that
we also, on this committee, subcommittee, had a hearing that was entitled the obama administration regulatory war on the economy. very ominous. the sky apparently is falling, notwithstanding the fact that the administration has created about 6 million private sector jobs. today, there is a thing advanced by some, again, not questioning the views of many good faith members, but the theme is that criminals have been unleashed on the american public. the question that has been posed is, is this...
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the decision that the obama administration made to continue to enforce doma and also to bring in all the way to the supreme court simply said that we will give you all of the constitutional analysis that we think is defensible. in the point of litigation were cases were being filed in the second circuit, where there was no law of the circuit that could be applied to discrimination based on orientation and when you sit down to answer that question according to what the rules are, it is extraordinarily difficult to mount a decision that says that discrimination based on sexual orientation ought to be subject to a rational scrutiny. they came to the lawyers conclusion that they could not make that argument. the only argument they could make is that doma implies strict scrutiny under the equal protection law, which no one has been able to argue because it is not arguable. the law is so close to flat out irrational that it cannot come close to satisfying scrutiny. >> paul said the magic words, and not all of the students in the room here, and certainly not the audience, understand advance
the decision that the obama administration made to continue to enforce doma and also to bring in all the way to the supreme court simply said that we will give you all of the constitutional analysis that we think is defensible. in the point of litigation were cases were being filed in the second circuit, where there was no law of the circuit that could be applied to discrimination based on orientation and when you sit down to answer that question according to what the rules are, it is...
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administration. when you depart, you can pickup our last strategic a report -- strategic report. jointly authored by two of the foremost thinkers about middle east policy -- we are very proud of them are here at the washington institute, ambassador dennis ross, and ambassador james jeffrey. ambassador ross, we are about to hear from dennis, he served throughout most of the first term, first in the state department and then in the white house, with responsibility for overseeing all the national security council work in the middle east. ambassador jeffrey, jim jeffrey, completed his distinguished service in the diplomatic corps ast year after having served ambassador in turkey and iraq, previously in incarnation in albania. as the deputy national security adviser in the bush administration, in which she played a special role in addressing the iraq question. we brought these two highly experienced strategic thinkers together to produce a policy paper for the obama administration. we urge all of you to p
administration. when you depart, you can pickup our last strategic a report -- strategic report. jointly authored by two of the foremost thinkers about middle east policy -- we are very proud of them are here at the washington institute, ambassador dennis ross, and ambassador james jeffrey. ambassador ross, we are about to hear from dennis, he served throughout most of the first term, first in the state department and then in the white house, with responsibility for overseeing all the national...
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administration that the administration is going to have a greater and deeper focus on the importance of iraq and did engage iraq more fully, more frequently, and at higher levels, because we have seen what happens when the relationship deteriorates, as it did after 1958, and particularly under saddam. with our military leverage gone, we need to take advantage of the agreement to increase our political leverage, not to make iraq do things, but to demonstrate to iraq that it has a partner, it has an ally, it has options other than looking to iran for all the reasons that emma sky just laid out. >> there is a limited bandwidth in washington in dealing with these issues, and part of the tragedy of afghanistan, was that we turned so much of our attention to iraq, and with the administration's focus in afghanistan, as well as a broader set of issues, it has come at a cost in dealing with it around. >> as has been said in the we are a great power and we can do more than one thing at one time. >> as has been said in the past, we are a great power and we can actually do more than one thing at
administration that the administration is going to have a greater and deeper focus on the importance of iraq and did engage iraq more fully, more frequently, and at higher levels, because we have seen what happens when the relationship deteriorates, as it did after 1958, and particularly under saddam. with our military leverage gone, we need to take advantage of the agreement to increase our political leverage, not to make iraq do things, but to demonstrate to iraq that it has a partner, it has...
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that i am making to the obama administration, and i made these points with all due respect to the president weself, with my belief that need to have a healthy balance in our foreign-policy when it comes to the circumstances under which the president should decide that we use military force. you are correct, this is an issue that should not be divided by party or by people who are trying to score points against one administration or the other. it is a very serious issue, one of the three most serious themes i attempted to focus on when i was in the senate, and that was executive overreach in a lot of different ways. with respect to the criminal justice system, i appreciate that comment because when i was running for the senate in virginia, when i started talking about the fact that our criminal justice system is , aan, gosh is broken national disgrace, and is capable of being fixed, i had political advisers pulling me aside and saying you cannot say that in virginia, that it is political suicide. but everywhere i went -- high income areas, areas where people struggled -- people started noddi
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until congress and the obama administration, together to do something bold like the simpson- bowles commission, this will continue. domestic discretionary accounts are being squeezed. entitlements are rising. you make a powerful case against sequestration on friday, received a reprogramming a request from the eternal -- attorney general moving funds, including fbi funds to the bureau of prisons. we are going to approve that. you have had one prison guard killed. you had another commit suicide i think because of the death. how are you planning to function at reduced funding levels for this year? >> we are cutting back across the board. we have a hiring freeze. by the end of this fiscal year, we will have 2200 opened vacant positions. we delayed i.t. upgrades, which are expensive, but tremendously important. that includes putting off, picking up technology that would assist us in detecting cyber attacks. we reduced or eliminated operational training and travel across the board. that is in an effort to make certain that we do everything can to ensure that we minimize any impact of furloughs, unde
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,e also, on this committee subcommittee, had a hearing that was entitled the obama administration regulatory war on the economy. very ominous. falling,pparently is notwithstanding the fact that the administration has created about 6 million private sector jobs. today, there is a thing advanced by some, again, not questioning the views of many good faith members, but the theme is that criminals have been unleashed on the american public. the question that has been posed is, is this policy or politics? i would note parenthetically that i believe in my reading of obamand amendment, barack is constitutionally prohibited from running for office again because he was elected and reelected. i'm not sure how politics could make their way into this discussion from the electoral context. putting that aside, the issue of whether criminals have recklessly been unleashed on the american public is an interesting one. 2220 people who are at issue in terms of their release from detention. is that correct? >> that is correct. >> that release took place between february 9 and march 1. is that correct? >> that
,e also, on this committee subcommittee, had a hearing that was entitled the obama administration regulatory war on the economy. very ominous. falling,pparently is notwithstanding the fact that the administration has created about 6 million private sector jobs. today, there is a thing advanced by some, again, not questioning the views of many good faith members, but the theme is that criminals have been unleashed on the american public. the question that has been posed is, is this policy or...
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under the obama administration, u.s. public debt is a percent -- as a percentage of g.d.p. is over 70% and growing. we've seen european nations, there appears to be a tipping point on the debt to g.d.p. ratio. and our current rate, we're nearing dangerous territory. the reverse currency status of the dollar and our rank among world economies will only carry us for so long. so what affect does this level of debt have on the economy and its citizens when things go south? all you have to do is look around like -- at countries like cyprus, spain, greece. in the case of greece you'll see a depressed environment where the unemployment rate is over 26%, severe austerity cuts and overhauls of gutted worker benefits, safety net programs, harming seniors and the country's poorest populous, taxes on families an businesses have increased at a sharp rate and violent social unrest has become common place. most recently we've seen a proposal to bail out cyprus banks that could raid the savings account of its own population. these are the realities of debt-ridden countries. these are the r
under the obama administration, u.s. public debt is a percent -- as a percentage of g.d.p. is over 70% and growing. we've seen european nations, there appears to be a tipping point on the debt to g.d.p. ratio. and our current rate, we're nearing dangerous territory. the reverse currency status of the dollar and our rank among world economies will only carry us for so long. so what affect does this level of debt have on the economy and its citizens when things go south? all you have to do is...
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i would like to read something that the department of justice, the obama administration department of justice is arguing before the court today. they are saying that same-sex couples divided child-care evenly and are quite satisfied with child care arrangements. well, bully for them. what about the children? are they satisfied? are they satisfied with government tells them that it does not matter one whit that they will go through life without the tenderness of a mother or the protection of a father? i am the mother of two daughters and on behalf of daughters everywhere, i call that an injustice. i am a lawyer, but i'm going to be brief. i want to end by saying once again, on sunday, 1.4 million march 4n paris traditional marriage. we stand in solidarity with them. two years ago, 1 million spaniards marched in madrid for marriage. we stand in solidarity with them. thank you. for the sake of the children being here today, we are kicking off the marriage theme in earnest today. thank you. [cheers] >> only about 20 more minutes and we will conclude. our next speaker is the leader chuckre
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i look forward to working with all of you in the obama administration on this critical task we have before us. i will turn it over for comments. >> let me apologize. i have to go to the ford to object to the lack of amendments that are being made available on the continuing resolution. i will not be able to hear your testimony. i have looked at and my staff has the early read it. -- has thoroughly read it. love tommy harper but the tone of climate change and the reality of what we have seen and what the predictions are, there is no connection with that. gostill have a long way to to groove out what has made as fact. hearing about climate change. this is a hearing about response to hurricane sandy. i look forward to coming back and offering questions. i would also say i am proud of fino's response so far. i am thankful for the cooperation you have offered the subcommittee. i ask my statement be placed in the record and i will return. coburn too.m let me introduce our witnesses. first witness, craig fugate, a management assad -- emergency management agency. it was a really outstanding effort
i look forward to working with all of you in the obama administration on this critical task we have before us. i will turn it over for comments. >> let me apologize. i have to go to the ford to object to the lack of amendments that are being made available on the continuing resolution. i will not be able to hear your testimony. i have looked at and my staff has the early read it. -- has thoroughly read it. love tommy harper but the tone of climate change and the reality of what we have...
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administration wants to do so. but it seems like the strategy doing a start to knock out the nuclear capacity of iran. is that possible? for the general, you have raised the importance of understanding how the opponent is going to respond, what is the likely response of the iranians to what we hope to be a strike, such as the israelis delivered on iraq? is another issue which i want to address. is simplehe question -- who bears responsibility? the answer is obvious, we do. we started the war. the iraqis did not attack us. we went in, some may feel for legitimate reasons, others may feel for dubious reasons. some, like myself, feel for fraudulent reasons. nevertheless, we started it, so we are responsible. i wish we had done better. the though i am critical of war, i wish we had been more successful, less brutal. the general referred several times to the murderous character of those whom he fought. andnder how they look at us that connection? every war is murderous. it depends on what is historical and what is geopo
administration wants to do so. but it seems like the strategy doing a start to knock out the nuclear capacity of iran. is that possible? for the general, you have raised the importance of understanding how the opponent is going to respond, what is the likely response of the iranians to what we hope to be a strike, such as the israelis delivered on iraq? is another issue which i want to address. is simplehe question -- who bears responsibility? the answer is obvious, we do. we started the war....
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obama administration wants to deport them back to germany and persecution. dale hurd reporters >> reporter: this family began because they didn't want their children exposed to witchcraft and sex education, both taught in schools. >> they were encouraged to ask the devil to help. >> we found out what is in the textbooks. exactly the opposite of what the bible tells us and teaches us. illegal in germany. persecuted, fines, jail or loss of their children. most home schoolers are left alone by the government. against home schooling. in those nations where it is illegal, home schoolers risk losing their children. two of the worst nations are germany and sweden. if you would like to see what it would be like if it was banned in america if it was banned, come to sweden. this family had to take their family to finland in exile. >> we were forced out of our country. that make as stronger impact than i can imagine. this is our country. now we are pushed away from it. >> sweden is the toughest places to home school. michael donnelly of the home school administration.
obama administration wants to deport them back to germany and persecution. dale hurd reporters >> reporter: this family began because they didn't want their children exposed to witchcraft and sex education, both taught in schools. >> they were encouraged to ask the devil to help. >> we found out what is in the textbooks. exactly the opposite of what the bible tells us and teaches us. illegal in germany. persecuted, fines, jail or loss of their children. most home schoolers are...
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until congress and the obama administration, together to do something bold like the simpson- bowles commission, this will continue. domestic discretionary accounts are being squeezed. entitlements are rising. you make a powerful case against sequestration on friday, we received a reprogramming a request from the eternal -- attorney general moving funds, including fbi funds to the bureau of prisons. we are going to approve that. you have had one prison guard killed. you had another commit suicide i think because of the death. how are you planning to function at reduced funding levels for this year? >> we are cutting back across the board. we have a hiring freeze. by the end of this fiscal year, we will have 2200 opened vacant positions. we delayed i.t. upgrades, which are expensive, but tremendously important. that includes putting off, picking up technology that would assist us in detecting cyber attacks. we reduced or eliminated operational training and travel across the board. that is in an effort to make certain that we do everything we can to ensure that we minimize any impact of furloughs
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administration last month unfroze hundreds of millions in assistance to the overnment of president mahmoud abbas that had been held up by kong. diane, democratic caller. are you saving for retirement? caller: i am. i had my money in the stock market when it crashed. i was very aggressive, because i was 45 -- between 45 and 50, and i thought i could be aggressive, because i was managing my own money and i lost almost all of my money in the stock market. it was really a bad thing. so i'm a realtor, so when i get money now, i set up an i.r.a. for myself, but i don't put it in the stock market. i put anytime something called lending club. so i put a little bit of money in there first to see what, you know, how it was and how it would go. and it went really well, so i dumped all my money in there and watched it grow. it's an amazing program. i hear a lot of people fearful about the stock market, and i can see why. host: diane, how do those lending clubs work? >> lending clubs, what it does is loan money to anybody that needs money. they do check your credit. like my husband wanted to take out a
administration last month unfroze hundreds of millions in assistance to the overnment of president mahmoud abbas that had been held up by kong. diane, democratic caller. are you saving for retirement? caller: i am. i had my money in the stock market when it crashed. i was very aggressive, because i was 45 -- between 45 and 50, and i thought i could be aggressive, because i was managing my own money and i lost almost all of my money in the stock market. it was really a bad thing. so i'm a...
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administration would have been well served to pay attention to him because he was forced with the situation where he had to balance a budget. and the health care costs were eating up his budget. he had to cut the rolls. let me tell you that's how the governor elected to take care of this after they cut the providers so there weren't any providing, he then had to cut the rolls from the tenncare program. that was very painful and hard to do. i would certainly warn governors out there when you massively expand these rolls, politically, that was very difficult for the legislature and our democratic governor. my hats are off to him for the decisions had he to make. those were not easy for him to make. you are absolutely right. the governors are really the thought processes and places, experiments in local government, state governments that you can actually do something and see whether it works. instead of this massive, mess that we have. dr. burgess, i'm going to refer people, i just got a schematic of it yesterday, of a 21-page, i should have brought it down here on the house floor, it's a sche
administration would have been well served to pay attention to him because he was forced with the situation where he had to balance a budget. and the health care costs were eating up his budget. he had to cut the rolls. let me tell you that's how the governor elected to take care of this after they cut the providers so there weren't any providing, he then had to cut the rolls from the tenncare program. that was very painful and hard to do. i would certainly warn governors out there when you...
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we did that somewhat under -- and for the first year of the obama administration, but not enough. our budget would propose to do a lot of that with infrastructure. giving money to states for hiring cops and firemen and teachers and so forth. host: congressman, you represent wall street in congress, do you not? guest: i do. host: progressive caucus, membership 76 democratic members of congress out of 200 democrats. what is the influence of the progressive caucus? guest: it is hard to measure. i do not know how to answer the question. we have an influence, obviously. but the progressive caucus is rather loosely organized. comes to 76 members the meetings. we push the party to some extent. obviously not as far as we want to. host: north providence, rhode island, independent line. caller: good morning. am a korean veteran. i am sick and tired of economists talking about social security. what happened to all the money? guest: congress has not taken any money out of social security. that is a widespread myth. all social security money goes into a trust fund. the trust fund was deliberat
we did that somewhat under -- and for the first year of the obama administration, but not enough. our budget would propose to do a lot of that with infrastructure. giving money to states for hiring cops and firemen and teachers and so forth. host: congressman, you represent wall street in congress, do you not? guest: i do. host: progressive caucus, membership 76 democratic members of congress out of 200 democrats. what is the influence of the progressive caucus? guest: it is hard to measure. i...
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you know i've got a real problem with you know ceding if the obama administration wants to go ahead with this and people on the right you know lindsey graham said john. change the world want to agree with it i mean all that does is kind of strengthen the libertarian base in the actual fiscal and so the actual true conservative base the republican party and i think that gives us a bridging issue to progressives out there that are kind of disillusioned by this you know the obama administration kind of breaking these promises of hope and change i mean these are things that the youth rebelled against george bush going and now you know some of history he just won from he just won from you know you disagree with the republican party to this is all obama's fault well i don't think it's all obama's fault obviously these are policies that were the same thing again and that began under these are policies that began under the bush administration they've been continue to kind of exacerbate what you're saying these are these are highlighting a fracture cleavage and i would say go and i think i think
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we are very pleased president obama and his administration have been so open, so available, and so encouraging. that caters to people with different traditions and cultures and aspirations. there is more that unites us than what divides us. it is the responsibility of those of us who have the privilege of holding political office to the -- to defend, under pennsylvania, and reinforce principles, values, and institutions, to show real leadership where real leadership is demanded. is characterized by openness, respect, and the wish to harness and nurture relationships with those within troubled communities to have the will and ability to walk to resolve issues peacefully using politics to succeed where violence never can. in the drafting of the budget we wereeuropean union, able to get included in their for expenditure on peace projects and divided lines in fragile communities in areas of northern island where young pennsylvania -- young men in particular have been led the wrong way. it can build a virtuous cycle of respectful and honest conversations, which gives communities an opportunity to s
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the obama administration had actually been enforcing the immigration laws, has been directorate number of audits and still the workplace audits as well. and holding employers accountable more than any previous administration. the legislation -- in order for it to function, there have to be take components. people need to be brought out of the shadows and allowed to apply for earned his citizenship and secondly, employers need to be held accountable, particularly from labor law violations. if employers know they can hire and exploit workers then get away with that, they will continue to do so even after we have immigration reform. labor law protection as a major component of enforcement of the laws is an extremely important deterrent to future unlawful immigration. host: story from politico earlier this month. senate stop on lower skilled workers. -- stuck on low-skilled workers. talk about this effort. guest: the issue of any future immigrants who come on employment-based visas is but that the fault line. chamber of commerce and afl-cio have been in negotiations. it seems they may have
the obama administration had actually been enforcing the immigration laws, has been directorate number of audits and still the workplace audits as well. and holding employers accountable more than any previous administration. the legislation -- in order for it to function, there have to be take components. people need to be brought out of the shadows and allowed to apply for earned his citizenship and secondly, employers need to be held accountable, particularly from labor law violations. if...
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. >> today marked yet another supreme court showdown between arizona and the obama administration. this time, over the state requirement that those who seek to register to vote provide proof of u.s. citizenship. arizona registration form requires more proof than the simpler federal form. on which applicants check a box, ind kateing u.s. citizen think, sign attesting to that fact and drop it in the mail. arizona argues that it doesn't conflict with the federal form but serves as an additional barrier against voting by non-u.s. citizens. >> if somebody is willing to fraudulently vote that person would be willing to sign fals falsely. so the signature doesn't mean anything. we need evidence that the person is a citizen. >> justice scalia sounded skeptical of the streamlined federal form. "check off, i am a citizen, right? so it's under oath. big deal. if you are willing to violate
. >> today marked yet another supreme court showdown between arizona and the obama administration. this time, over the state requirement that those who seek to register to vote provide proof of u.s. citizenship. arizona registration form requires more proof than the simpler federal form. on which applicants check a box, ind kateing u.s. citizen think, sign attesting to that fact and drop it in the mail. arizona argues that it doesn't conflict with the federal form but serves as an...
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our next guest says the obama administration has plans to push americans slowly, but surely from the suburbs into the big cities as a means to quote, spread the wealth around. and stanley kurtz "spreading the wealth", this isn't just based on your book, but what the obama administration do last week. >> that's right, it looks like president obama's plans to fight global warming are going to hurt american suburbs because the obama administration believes in something called smart growth. the idea of smart growth policies is, get out of your car, don't move to the suburbs, you should live in a tiny densely packed apartment building in the city where you can walk and take public transportation and don't drive. that's smart growth. and the obama administration is gearing up to impose the smart growth on the country and that would be bad for america's suburbs. >> megyn: how would they do it, make us move from the suburbs to the city? most of the people who live in the suburbs like the suburbs and don't want to live in the city. how would they make us do it it? >> several plans, part is to
our next guest says the obama administration has plans to push americans slowly, but surely from the suburbs into the big cities as a means to quote, spread the wealth around. and stanley kurtz "spreading the wealth", this isn't just based on your book, but what the obama administration do last week. >> that's right, it looks like president obama's plans to fight global warming are going to hurt american suburbs because the obama administration believes in something called smart...
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promised the most transparent administration ever. lied! obama, you [cheers and applause] a direct correlation between the senate stubbornly pass the budget and the senate selfishly agreeing to go ahead and spend our children grandchildren's money. no budget is no leadership and get time for america to more outraged about this. never before have our challenges been so big and our leader so small. here lastwe were year, the words on everyone's heartnd the wish in your was for barack to pack her up nobel and wrap the the clubs and the high tops and to chicago. the election came and went but never stopped. at a time when our country is leadership, we get, instead, a permanent campaign. but here's the thing. the goodake risks for of our country. campaigners make promises they keep. leader reach across political differences. campaigners double down on those differences. to bring americans together to confront our campaigners, they seek to divide and to conquer and to orchestrate crisis after after crisis to exploit. we admitted, you won. a
promised the most transparent administration ever. lied! obama, you [cheers and applause] a direct correlation between the senate stubbornly pass the budget and the senate selfishly agreeing to go ahead and spend our children grandchildren's money. no budget is no leadership and get time for america to more outraged about this. never before have our challenges been so big and our leader so small. here lastwe were year, the words on everyone's heartnd the wish in your was for barack to pack her...
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obama administration claimed that you could. we'll definitely test that prospect coming up. >> neil: we will. thank you very much. sorry to hit you with so much. meanwhile, this just in. a very tiny island nation that could be on the verge of becoming a tsunami. bangkok. because apparently riding the dog like it's a small horse is frowned upon in this establishment! luckily though, ya know, i conceal this bad boy underneath my blanket just so i can get on e-trade. check my investment portfolio, research stocks... wait, why are you taking... oh, i see...solitary. just a man and his thoughts. and a smartphone... with an e-trade app. ♪ nobody knows... [ male announcer ] e-trade. investing unleashed. .. been waiting for the price of mattresses to fall? then hurry, sleep train's beautyrest and posturepedic closeout sale ends sunday. save up to 40% on closeout sets from beautyrest and posturepedic. save hundreds on floor samples and closeout inventory. these prices are falling fast, but these deals won't last. sleep train's beautyre
obama administration claimed that you could. we'll definitely test that prospect coming up. >> neil: we will. thank you very much. sorry to hit you with so much. meanwhile, this just in. a very tiny island nation that could be on the verge of becoming a tsunami. bangkok. because apparently riding the dog like it's a small horse is frowned upon in this establishment! luckily though, ya know, i conceal this bad boy underneath my blanket just so i can get on e-trade. check my investment...
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obama had to bail out wall street. complaining about all these other problems we are having. we're going to leave it there. you have given us a lot to work with. guest: that is a point democrats are making. deficitans were hitting spending -- but the cr is not addressing the problem. -- both sides are making that point. another element was a fight between democrats and republicans on the senate budget. how they arrived at savings in republicans said the numbers aren't realistic. host: are to be republicans also increases in spending in other areas, that it pushed the debt way beyond where it was when they first came into office, five or six years ago? point to the trend, how much was there when obama came into office and how much there is now. when you look at what republicans are arguing about the budget, the ryan budget, the senate democrats budget, there .s a different pace of spending increased spending over time. , our linein indiana for republicans. caller: good morning. we won't really know what is in this thing until the cover is pulled out. we can't trust the media t
obama had to bail out wall street. complaining about all these other problems we are having. we're going to leave it there. you have given us a lot to work with. guest: that is a point democrats are making. deficitans were hitting spending -- but the cr is not addressing the problem. -- both sides are making that point. another element was a fight between democrats and republicans on the senate budget. how they arrived at savings in republicans said the numbers aren't realistic. host: are to be...
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he had spent eleven years in guantanamo he was cleared for release by both bush and obama administrations he took his own life in september last year a law professor ramzi consume represents guantanamo detainees and spoke to me a little early and he says simply a lack of political will in washington to close the notorious facility. almost every prison there and catch five six but the overwhelming majority of the prisoners in guantanamo are participating in this hunger strike and it's been going on since february sixth. their lives and the first there are some other prisoners who you know when i hunger strike for as long as you know four or five years is actually one for the present time always been on hunger strike for you know six years at this stage the reality is. over half of the prisoners in guantanamo have been approved were released by the us government and once processed and the fact that there is there without charge of the process you know the eleven years after the person or the person is also named is a big problem and that's why that's one of the main reasons that the prisone
he had spent eleven years in guantanamo he was cleared for release by both bush and obama administrations he took his own life in september last year a law professor ramzi consume represents guantanamo detainees and spoke to me a little early and he says simply a lack of political will in washington to close the notorious facility. almost every prison there and catch five six but the overwhelming majority of the prisoners in guantanamo are participating in this hunger strike and it's been going...
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that may be the most critical thing that come from this if china and the obama administration are are now working in concert we may actually get north korea to stand down. >> chris: in the 30 seconds left, bill, what is the most we can expect from the president on the trip to israel? >> well, could expect and i think he will offer we have tried to offer reassurances to israel as he likes to put it that he has israel's back. i think that will be greeted with skepticism by the netanyahu government and if you are looking at the u.s. government honestly and cold eyes, clear eyes and a cold mind if you are the netanyahu government you think that your security depends on yourself and you don't trust president obama to act. >> chris: thank you, panel. see you next week. check out panel plus where our group picks up with the discussion about the future of the republican party on our website fox newssunday .com and we will post the video before noon eastern time. follow us on twitter @ fox news sunday. up next, our power player of the week. >>. >> chris: one of the favorite past times in washi
that may be the most critical thing that come from this if china and the obama administration are are now working in concert we may actually get north korea to stand down. >> chris: in the 30 seconds left, bill, what is the most we can expect from the president on the trip to israel? >> well, could expect and i think he will offer we have tried to offer reassurances to israel as he likes to put it that he has israel's back. i think that will be greeted with skepticism by the...
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president obama defended his administration's reluctance to use mlitary force to quell the syrian civil war. >> when we are working with the syrians themselves, so this is not externally imposed, but rather something that is linked directly with the aspirations of the people inside of syria, it will work better. lou: the king has also said the same. inside jordan comment they are the they deliveredwith answer should bashar al-assad we powers. >> we need to institute a transition as quickly as possible. if the issue ever came up, all of us would have to put our heads together and figure out if that would help the balance quickly. lou: the senate in the midst of a vote. their eressions, not ours. a senate budget bill being passed for the first time in more than four years. the congressional budget act of 1974 was signed into law. we will be taking that up with the "a-team." angela mcglowan, james toronto and doug schoen. our first guest is here to evaluate obama's middle east tour. today's focus on the enormous price on jordan as a result of the syrian civil war. joining me now is judith
president obama defended his administration's reluctance to use mlitary force to quell the syrian civil war. >> when we are working with the syrians themselves, so this is not externally imposed, but rather something that is linked directly with the aspirations of the people inside of syria, it will work better. lou: the king has also said the same. inside jordan comment they are the they deliveredwith answer should bashar al-assad we powers. >> we need to institute a transition as...
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>> i would say that his views are wholly consistent with the obama administration. rest that i will agree with. >> that i will agree with. >> why are people surprised that barack obama was nominated. this is what happened when a president's get elected? to have a choice as to who is going to obtain positions. this is similar to what barack obama stands for. i'm not surprised. >> he was the lawyer for acorn. >> exactly. >> we don't want to read debate these issues. >> both of you where rejected by the voters when the president was reelected. lou: let me come if i may, turn to the republican party which suddenly seemed to be positioning itself to embrace a pathway to citizenship. it's extraordinary. two of the most popular senators are talking about a pathway to citizenship. >> his speech was entirely different. >> let me finish. we will work out the differences. and the party seems to be entertaining, embracing a marriage. what is going on? >> i think they want to win elections and that think they're looking at the last two presidential elections and saying these are
>> i would say that his views are wholly consistent with the obama administration. rest that i will agree with. >> that i will agree with. >> why are people surprised that barack obama was nominated. this is what happened when a president's get elected? to have a choice as to who is going to obtain positions. this is similar to what barack obama stands for. i'm not surprised. >> he was the lawyer for acorn. >> exactly. >> we don't want to read debate these...
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look at its performance since the obama administration came into power. basically, has moved sideways to slightly higher. nowhere near as well as the overall tape. i do believe people are putting much too much emphasis on the sequester, defense cuts. i think these stocks are all poised. i think people are going to be surprised by how powerful the rise is, specifically lockheed martin. >> walk me through what you're seeing in this chart that makes you think this stock is on the verge. >> look at the dropoff since the obama administration came into power. people look at defense spending, hey, it's going to get cut. we have gandhi in office. that's not the case, folks. the stocks -- lockheed martin does not trade at a big multiple. the powerful rally you're going to see in this stock is ahead of it. you're going to see it on the back of a great tape and a catch-up rally on lmt specifically. and by the way, it's a tremendous dividend you get with lockheed martin. rockwell collins, a little bit different. this plays to basically the aerospace move. pete is goi
look at its performance since the obama administration came into power. basically, has moved sideways to slightly higher. nowhere near as well as the overall tape. i do believe people are putting much too much emphasis on the sequester, defense cuts. i think these stocks are all poised. i think people are going to be surprised by how powerful the rise is, specifically lockheed martin. >> walk me through what you're seeing in this chart that makes you think this stock is on the verge....
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why does the obama administration need 1.6 round of bullets. what are they going to do with all of that stuff? we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] with free package pickup from the united states postal service a small jam maker can ship like a big business. just go online to pay, print and have your packages picked up for free. we'll do the rest. ♪ we'll do the rest. it's not what you think. it's a phoenix with 4 wheels. it's a hawk with night vision goggles. it's marching to the beat of a different drum. and where beauty meets brains. it's big ideas with smaller footprints. and knowing there's always more in the world to see. it's the all-new lincoln mkz. ...amelia... neil and buzz: for teaching us that you can't create the future... by clinging to the past. and with that: you're history. instead of looking behind... delta is looking beyond. 80 thousand of us investing billions... in everything from the best experiences below... to the finest comforts above. we're not simply saluting history... we're making it. otherworldly things. but t
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we are at the forefront of the obama administration's push to establish a broadband foundation needed to support the innovation economy in the united states. we are looking to produce better and new jobs and position to ensure that america remains at the forefront of the economy in the 21st century. we are working to ensure that all americans have the resources and the skills necessary to fully share in all of the possibilities, civic, social, and economic. all of these made possible by the internet. that is one of the reasons we are here today. he discovered for the administration is the broadband technology opportunities program or btop. this program was established in 2009 by the american reinvestment and recovery act and is administered by ntia. we have nearly $4 billion invested in roughly 230 projects across the country, all aimed at expanding broadband access and adoption in the country. and i want to tell you a little bit about the programs and then tell you about why we care so much about this issue. so, we have the btop for infrastructure projects. these are building broadba
we are at the forefront of the obama administration's push to establish a broadband foundation needed to support the innovation economy in the united states. we are looking to produce better and new jobs and position to ensure that america remains at the forefront of the economy in the 21st century. we are working to ensure that all americans have the resources and the skills necessary to fully share in all of the possibilities, civic, social, and economic. all of these made possible by the...
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the obama administration has actually accomplished a pretty remarkable feat which is that it's managed to be disliked by both sides you know even president bush wasn't very popular with the palestinians when he was actually really by the israelis obama's ratings on both sides are down. ten percent in israel and in the twenty's and palestinians so he you know is remarkably for a president who came with so much of goodwill when he came to office has managed to squander it on both sides and i think one reason is that is middle east policy is in complete and total disarray he doesn't know you know which side to lean on you know he let israel continue with the settlement activity at the same time as he keeps giving them it is completely unable to control benjamin netanyahu and on the other side his strategy between you know trying to buttress and abbas against hamas has failed to do so you know i think the u.s. middle east policy has never been in greater disarray and it wasn't great to begin with. and we want to know how you see a bomb israel intentions in israel that's what we're asking i
the obama administration has actually accomplished a pretty remarkable feat which is that it's managed to be disliked by both sides you know even president bush wasn't very popular with the palestinians when he was actually really by the israelis obama's ratings on both sides are down. ten percent in israel and in the twenty's and palestinians so he you know is remarkably for a president who came with so much of goodwill when he came to office has managed to squander it on both sides and i...
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bernie, this could only happen in the obama administration. >> is absolutely right. speaking of money, you you know, it is not that incongruous because they are paying for the department of education among other things. >> we owe them everything. >> absolutely right. quote away. i mean he killed his own people. he didn't kill us, right? >> greg: but he did kill millions of people. why can't mou be a role model for kids? we have elmo. >> and i do like mr.pibb by the way. i actually disagree with the coat. i think he was wrong. he says -- no, we should be in satiable in our learning. he is saying accept mediocrity. no, we should be learning insatiably. that being said we owe the chinese so we have to say whatever they want. >> that was like a charlie rose thing you said right there. >> take a break. we will arm wrestle later. patti ann browne does really good. >> you outraged o are are quite handsome. >> greg: she is as pretty as bill is repulsive. >> that is almost like a compliment. >> you don't have to help him. >> greg: is this a sim is many error by a clueless int
bernie, this could only happen in the obama administration. >> is absolutely right. speaking of money, you you know, it is not that incongruous because they are paying for the department of education among other things. >> we owe them everything. >> absolutely right. quote away. i mean he killed his own people. he didn't kill us, right? >> greg: but he did kill millions of people. why can't mou be a role model for kids? we have elmo. >> and i do like mr.pibb by the...
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the obama administration does not want to push back the deadlines. remember the bulk of this law is going to go into effect on january 1. that's nine months from now. a lot could be done between now and then. remember the irs is also in the process of setting up the mandate and penalties for the mandate if you do not sign up. those penalties would range from $100 eventually to $700, some people say that people are going to pay the penalty as opposed to going into these exchanges or what are being called marketplaces. >> not only will they face penalties but there will also be pretty steep premiums for a lot of folks. how do you think the reaction will be in terms of the president's approval rating when people are faced with having to sign on the bottom line and cough up the money? >> the administration's health had care law has gotten a little bit of a bump in polls but that's why the states are so high here. there are going to be bumps in the road. the law will have to be tweekd. even some democrats are calling for changes to the law including a med
the obama administration does not want to push back the deadlines. remember the bulk of this law is going to go into effect on january 1. that's nine months from now. a lot could be done between now and then. remember the irs is also in the process of setting up the mandate and penalties for the mandate if you do not sign up. those penalties would range from $100 eventually to $700, some people say that people are going to pay the penalty as opposed to going into these exchanges or what are...
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he had spent eleven years in guantanamo he was cleared for release by both bush and obama administrations he took his own life in september last year. the taliban says it is behind attacks that killed five afghan army officers and wounded four others in eastern afghanistan earlier on tuesday this comes after afghan president hamid karzai said he's ready to talk with the group when he visits qatar in a few weeks washington's been pushing the country towards peace negotiations ahead of the u.s. handover in twenty fourteen but political analysts hubby park he believes talking with achieve little amid the taliban's growing influence the problem here is that the taliban still are strong going to get in this country and this did believe that he finally can defeat the united states and the government of afghanistan and can back to the birth to power as the war and nineteen. ninety s. if the united states leave afghanistan in this situation. or is a three judge government india is a poor and weak security forces india as for it interference in afghanistan in this situation if the united states le
he had spent eleven years in guantanamo he was cleared for release by both bush and obama administrations he took his own life in september last year. the taliban says it is behind attacks that killed five afghan army officers and wounded four others in eastern afghanistan earlier on tuesday this comes after afghan president hamid karzai said he's ready to talk with the group when he visits qatar in a few weeks washington's been pushing the country towards peace negotiations ahead of the u.s....
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i mean, this is a man who is advancing a radical agenda using his power in the obama administration. >> megyn: and just to follow up, the case against the pro-life protester in florida he's right that sanctions, attorney's fees were awarded because the doj was thought to have overstepped. about the kids dressing in drag, my understanding there was some evidence that the little children were severely persecuted so the civil rights division stepped in on their behalf. so his point is this is a guy pretty far to the left on most issues. whether you like that or don't, the point is that's where he comes from. who else would you expect president obama to nominate, chris? does it come as a particular surprise he's going with a man who is an openly liberal man? >> ideology aside, there is a question of personnel and the question here relates to actually that new black panthers case and other things. we've had an inspector general's report at the attorney general's -- at the department of justice that said that this unit, that mr. perez's unit was basically rent by ideological divisions befo
i mean, this is a man who is advancing a radical agenda using his power in the obama administration. >> megyn: and just to follow up, the case against the pro-life protester in florida he's right that sanctions, attorney's fees were awarded because the doj was thought to have overstepped. about the kids dressing in drag, my understanding there was some evidence that the little children were severely persecuted so the civil rights division stepped in on their behalf. so his point is this...
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meanwhile, more than six months after the deadly terrorist attacks in benghazi, the obama administration today finally in acknowledging that additional americans were injured in the attack. in addition to the four men killed. the u.s. ambassador to libya, chris stevens, and three others were murdered in a september 11th attack. now congressional investigators are pressing the obama administration to make the four wounded survivors available for interviews. fox news chief intelligence correspondent katherine harris with the report. ♪ >> for the first time since terrorist attack the diplomatic mission and the cia outpost none as the amex and benghazi, libya, the state department publicly confirmed how many of its employees were hurt and the nature of their injuries. >> one was smoke inhalation at the temporary mission facility. one at the amex, seriously injured, one -- another at the amex was less seriously injured. we also have a contractor. >> a diplomatic security source told fox is the state department agency was in the most serious condition suffered a severe head injury during the
meanwhile, more than six months after the deadly terrorist attacks in benghazi, the obama administration today finally in acknowledging that additional americans were injured in the attack. in addition to the four men killed. the u.s. ambassador to libya, chris stevens, and three others were murdered in a september 11th attack. now congressional investigators are pressing the obama administration to make the four wounded survivors available for interviews. fox news chief intelligence...
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[applause] >> thank you. >> thank you, president obama. thank you, president abbas. we will open the floor to questions. first question. >> mr. president, after you met the leader from both sides is there any chance for these talks as soon as possible and do you think that a two state solution continuing -- the freezing of the activity with prime minister netanyahu when you met with him? >> based on the conversations i've had with president netanyahu and president abbas, i do believe there is the possibility for a two state solution. i continue to believe it is our best and indeed in some ways only chance to achieve the only chance to achieve the kind of peaceful resolution of old conflicts but the opening up of new opportunity for people on both sides to thrive, to success, for both israel and a state of palestine to be incorporated into the global economy. one of the striking thing, one of the ironies of this conflict is both israeli and the palestinian people are extremely entrepreneurial. they have a keen business sense. think can be hugely successful in helping
[applause] >> thank you. >> thank you, president obama. thank you, president abbas. we will open the floor to questions. first question. >> mr. president, after you met the leader from both sides is there any chance for these talks as soon as possible and do you think that a two state solution continuing -- the freezing of the activity with prime minister netanyahu when you met with him? >> based on the conversations i've had with president netanyahu and president abbas,...
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although there is still some hope at least that president obama and the obama administration will get involved and actually help in negotiating a two-state solution. >> we brought you the president's unscripted remarks at the top of the show. how is that being received in the israeli press about the children of the palestinians? >> reporter: many israelis, it depends on who you talk to, really. the israelis, they, too, are very divided when it comes to the palestinian issue. many israelis agreed with president obama and they do feel that there should be a two-state solution. that that would be in the best interest of israel itself to have a nation side by side with the palestinian state, two states that can actually get along. there have been some skeptics as well, people who believe that there may not be a way to negotiate peace because the animosity between the two sides have grown as the decades have gone by. >> nbc's atia abowi, thank you. >>> the prospect of peace is no less he lucive in syria where the civil war there is only intensifying. a devastating bomb blast tore through a
although there is still some hope at least that president obama and the obama administration will get involved and actually help in negotiating a two-state solution. >> we brought you the president's unscripted remarks at the top of the show. how is that being received in the israeli press about the children of the palestinians? >> reporter: many israelis, it depends on who you talk to, really. the israelis, they, too, are very divided when it comes to the palestinian issue. many...
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announce 100 colleagues have joined together on both sides of the aisle to send a letter to president obama commending his trip to israel and also asking him to use it as an opportunity to continue to put the impra mature of the administration on a strong u.s.-israeli relationship. we also urged the president to continue to make sure that all options are on the table as it relates to iran and their nuclear am missions, and that we should continue to adopt a policy of prevention and not containment. mr. roskam: similarly, we said we need to protect israel's military edge and israel's inherent right to defend itself, and also recognize that the israeli-palestinian peace process can only be achieved and advanced through direct negotiations without preconditions. finally, we said that the president must taintain foreign aid to israel as well as find funding for israeli-made anti-missile defense systems. in a nutshell we urged the president to use this as a time to highlight our relationship with the nation of israel because it makes all the sense in the world and it's the foundation upon which
announce 100 colleagues have joined together on both sides of the aisle to send a letter to president obama commending his trip to israel and also asking him to use it as an opportunity to continue to put the impra mature of the administration on a strong u.s.-israeli relationship. we also urged the president to continue to make sure that all options are on the table as it relates to iran and their nuclear am missions, and that we should continue to adopt a policy of prevention and not...
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. >> the education department, the obama administration said that we love to have the flexibility to go in and slice the funding as we see fit, as it should be be managed, we don't have that flexibility because of the way the law is written. so there is talk providing that in military areas, but in areas like this it's hard to see unless there's a ground swell for a short-term solution to he restore the money. >> greta: and i thought the republicans offered the flexibility to the white house and white house declined it. >> they offered it on the defense side and it may happen. they said they want it as part of a broader package over the sequester, but we're getting to the point look, the sequester is the law, it's happened, the cuts are implemented. i think there's going to be more pressure to say, wait a second, back this up and find it in the civilian area and find something that shouldn't be cut and we cut it. >> greta: or find $137,000 whatever the number is, in waste in the department of education and they won't. thank you. >> thank you. >> greta: on capitol hill, a debate the h
. >> the education department, the obama administration said that we love to have the flexibility to go in and slice the funding as we see fit, as it should be be managed, we don't have that flexibility because of the way the law is written. so there is talk providing that in military areas, but in areas like this it's hard to see unless there's a ground swell for a short-term solution to he restore the money. >> greta: and i thought the republicans offered the flexibility to the...
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i think they are selling those lists right now they could just as easily sell them to the obama administration so it's like it seems to me that maybe we should even be looking at a larger issue in this kind of monopolistic world where there's a small number of carriers of carriers and saying you know there have to be limits to what can be done both corporately and and and and government and you go for the . although i'm not for congress living it in large part because it's hard to distinguish the good kind of track when a company like google is using data so we can print the flu better than the c.d.c. so that's what we like but we don't like it when it's sharing the data in ways that are causing harm to people the challenge for policymakers distinguishing between the two we haven't yet come up with a good way of doing and that's and i think for ryan frankly it's a challenge for both of us to thank you very much i get on with it have you. watched. it's the good the bad and the very very a loop unary and really ugly all the good. and all the kentucky senator slammed the war on drugs sort of in a
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the obama administration says that family has to be deported. hear from their attorney, next. >> a sky diving trip goes horribly wrong for an instructor and a student in flor day. >> it had to be terrible. something tragic went wrong. a tragic day for a bunch of frens out here on vacation, having a good time. ♪ [ female announcer ] hey ladies, you love it, you gotta have it. cinnamon toast crunch. 'cause that cinnamon and sugar is so irresistible. [ slurps ] [ chuckles ] everybody craves those crazy squares. i took something for my sinuses, but i still have this cough. [ male announcer ] a lot of sinus products don't treat cough. they don't? [ male announcer ] nope, but alka seltzer plus severe sinus does it treats your worst sinus symptoms, plus that annoying cough. [ breathes deeply ] ♪ oh, what a relief it is [ angry gibberish ] i'm your hot water heater. you hardly know i exist. that's too bad. 'cuz if my pressure relief valve gets stuck... [ booooooom! ] ...we hot water heaters can transform into rocket propelled wrecking balls. and if
the obama administration says that family has to be deported. hear from their attorney, next. >> a sky diving trip goes horribly wrong for an instructor and a student in flor day. >> it had to be terrible. something tragic went wrong. a tragic day for a bunch of frens out here on vacation, having a good time. ♪ [ female announcer ] hey ladies, you love it, you gotta have it. cinnamon toast crunch. 'cause that cinnamon and sugar is so irresistible. [ slurps ] [ chuckles ] everybody...
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administration's lost its credibility is a guardian of international law. they're going to have to respond at some point and they need to either you know try and prosecute the detainees who do actually have credible evidence again or really them at this point only detainees actually face any formal charges perhaps of the people there the administration has said they had no interest in prosecuting being need cue you know act on this they cannot continue to keep detain people indefinitely without trial for years romney administration the u.s. government is clearly in violation of international law and its obligations under international law and journalists don't have actor even the un special rapporteur tour does not have access we don't have access it greatly limits our ability to be quick damn it to understand what's happening effectively regarding their detention conditions and it only undermines the united states his credibility when they're calling for him here and he wants norms in other countries. the guantanamo august drugs but i'm going for forty thr
administration's lost its credibility is a guardian of international law. they're going to have to respond at some point and they need to either you know try and prosecute the detainees who do actually have credible evidence again or really them at this point only detainees actually face any formal charges perhaps of the people there the administration has said they had no interest in prosecuting being need cue you know act on this they cannot continue to keep detain people indefinitely without...
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president obama in his nomination says that he believes that thomas perez will push his administration's priorities at the labor department. >> we're going to have to work very hard to make sure that folks find jobs with good wages and good benefits. we have to make sure veterans returning home from iraq and afghanistan have a chance to put their incredible skills and leadership to work at home. we need to build ag immigration system that works for every employee and every family and every business. >> some republicans criticizing the pick according to a department of justice inspector general report showing deep ideological divisions within the department that thomas perez headed up predating the obama administration. republicans charge the decisions whether to pursue certain cases or not were politically motivated, that from senator jeff sessions, a republican from alabama, nominating mr. perez to the important post, the president placed his drive to promote his flawed immigration policies over the needs of millions unemployed americans. we need a secretary of labor who fights to creat
president obama in his nomination says that he believes that thomas perez will push his administration's priorities at the labor department. >> we're going to have to work very hard to make sure that folks find jobs with good wages and good benefits. we have to make sure veterans returning home from iraq and afghanistan have a chance to put their incredible skills and leadership to work at home. we need to build ag immigration system that works for every employee and every family and...
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administration. but it was a voting effect in terms of procedure. but let's get to the issue here. what does the future hold for us? we are moving forward for a new fiscal year. >> the senate will pass a budget come in the house will house will pass a budget. they will be miles apart. >> this is basically a political document. the house wanted to force the senate to pass budget. this was pt of the deal by extending the debt ceiling. because they wanted to make the democrats vote on a budget. lou: how can so many members of our senate continued to spend whatever and the like they have on these procedural maneuvers. >> that is basically what the senate does. >> there i go. >> constituency to get the house and the senate together. no presidential leadership yet for a grand bargain. no sense that we can reform the tax system and entitlements. perform defense and have a ratial rational and reasonable defense. >> why in the world is the president of the united states not moving forward with a budget that w
administration. but it was a voting effect in terms of procedure. but let's get to the issue here. what does the future hold for us? we are moving forward for a new fiscal year. >> the senate will pass a budget come in the house will house will pass a budget. they will be miles apart. >> this is basically a political document. the house wanted to force the senate to pass budget. this was pt of the deal by extending the debt ceiling. because they wanted to make the democrats vote on...
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the obama administration has been so straightforward and honest. nancy pelosi, harry reid, they have been honest people of public service. the cost of obamacare is now, that was just the early estimate. it had moved up to $1.1 billion. did i say billion? trillion dollars. $1.2 trillion. >> look at this, quite interesting adjustments. $1.1 trillion. than $1.2 trillion. well, the current estimate is $1.3 billion. the pattern will continue. twenty-one new taxes. twenty-one new taxes that will amount to $675 billion. this is getting expensive. among the most controversial, 2.6% tax. another $43,000. house republicans voted last summer to repeal this that they had installed it in the senate. senator orrin hatch renew the effort today. he introduced a bipartisan amendment with nine democratic cosponsors to roll back that medical device attacks. so what about presidentspromised to cut health care insurance premiums? $2500 per family. one study commission that obamacare will increase the cost of a family plan by $7200. do any of you remember the original s
the obama administration has been so straightforward and honest. nancy pelosi, harry reid, they have been honest people of public service. the cost of obamacare is now, that was just the early estimate. it had moved up to $1.1 billion. did i say billion? trillion dollars. $1.2 trillion. >> look at this, quite interesting adjustments. $1.1 trillion. than $1.2 trillion. well, the current estimate is $1.3 billion. the pattern will continue. twenty-one new taxes. twenty-one new taxes that...
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two, the other thing is what people don't realize is the t obama administration tried to de a lot more than just take troops out. they tried to re-engineer the government of iraq and create a more inclusive government where prime minister maliki and his rivals shared power. president obama even called out the president of iraq, jamal talabani, and asked him to resign. so one ofla maliki's rivals coud take the post. none of that happened. their strategy bfs a lot more than taking troops out. apropos your point on the troops, the reason that was a big issue is when the american forces left iraq-- and i think they were thinking about keepinh only 3,000 to 5,000 at thaton point when the negotiations didn't succeed-- and they didn't succeed because of errors on both sides, the americans andbe the iraqis, miscalculations on both sides. but it had a real important strategic consequence. iraq's airspace now is ungoverned territory. nobody controls iraqi airspace now. had we kepttr troops we would ht had maybe six or 10 planes. we don't have any aircraft thers and the iraqis don't have an air f
two, the other thing is what people don't realize is the t obama administration tried to de a lot more than just take troops out. they tried to re-engineer the government of iraq and create a more inclusive government where prime minister maliki and his rivals shared power. president obama even called out the president of iraq, jamal talabani, and asked him to resign. so one ofla maliki's rivals coud take the post. none of that happened. their strategy bfs a lot more than taking troops out....
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started in the bush administration and then was expanded in the obama administration. but the obama administration, like the chinese, has not admitted to having offensive cyber warriors so it's hard to imagine how we're going to have an honest conversation with the chinese about limiting these activities if neither country will even admit to owning weapons. >> rose: how much of the hacking comes from the united states and has nothing to do or is not even in any way monitored by the u.s. government? >> well hard thing to know because it's very difficult to collect statistics in this area. the u.s. government says that unlike the chinese, they do not do any hacking in order to steal corporate secrets. they're not out hacking on behalf of american companies. they only participate in operations that are focused on defending and that include the critical infrastructure. the infrastructure of the united states isn't in government hands it's mowly in private hands with a few exceptions and they're having a hard time doing that. >> rose: are the chinese better at hacking than
started in the bush administration and then was expanded in the obama administration. but the obama administration, like the chinese, has not admitted to having offensive cyber warriors so it's hard to imagine how we're going to have an honest conversation with the chinese about limiting these activities if neither country will even admit to owning weapons. >> rose: how much of the hacking comes from the united states and has nothing to do or is not even in any way monitored by the u.s....
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the obama administration made an effort before it took out the troops to curtail that and create a different governing arrangement. >> ifill: let me bring you to the u.s. side. michael, you talked to the military a lot. if how does the u.s. military view the war and what happened in iraq? >> well, you're never going to have any one view even within an institution like the military certainly i do think the military can look at what they did in iraq and they see early mistakes in the first years which exacerbated the conflict, the rush to failure, so to speak handing over to the iraqis before they were ready to shoulder the burden. i do think the surge of the military operation and military strategy was effective and essential. in fact, i can't imagine how president obama could have withdrawn the forces and left behind a reasonably stable iraq without it. i think the military acquitted itself well where the -- there's been a shortfall on the political side and trying to craft a political set of arrangements in iraq that leads to a stable and democratic country. >> woodruff: what r.a. jooef, wh
the obama administration made an effort before it took out the troops to curtail that and create a different governing arrangement. >> ifill: let me bring you to the u.s. side. michael, you talked to the military a lot. if how does the u.s. military view the war and what happened in iraq? >> well, you're never going to have any one view even within an institution like the military certainly i do think the military can look at what they did in iraq and they see early mistakes in the...
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the obama administration is being compared to a investment green energy plot. solo power has fallen short of its goals laying off workers. dan springer is ominous. are they going down the same road as some of these other firms like solyndra? >> unfortunately, it doesn't look good for solo power. their money is certainly at risk. we have talked about this company. they begin to produce solo power solar panels. they were riding high with $58 million in loans and tax breaks from the city and state. in the $190 million federal loan guarantee from the same department of energy program that blew that money. the first production line never got finished. they laid off workers. the ceo and other executives are gone. critics are not surprised. >> what we are seeing in oregon and california and washington dc is eventually the money runs out in these programs go up. bill: if they are in trouble, why is the state of war and then giving them more taxpayer dollars? >> that is a great question. just weeks before, they gave solo power a 20 million-dollar tax credit which employ
the obama administration is being compared to a investment green energy plot. solo power has fallen short of its goals laying off workers. dan springer is ominous. are they going down the same road as some of these other firms like solyndra? >> unfortunately, it doesn't look good for solo power. their money is certainly at risk. we have talked about this company. they begin to produce solo power solar panels. they were riding high with $58 million in loans and tax breaks from the city and...
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there are differing accounts from the obama administration and the book written by one of the s.e.a.l.s and most recently in a highly publicized esquire magazine article. in a cmn exclusive report we're getting a different take on how the leader of al qaeda was killed from one of the s.e.a.l.s who raided bin laden's compound. >> reporter: for a nation still grieving in many ways, it was a well-needed victory in the war on terror. >> the united states has conducted an operation that killed bosama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. >> and for a president running for re-election during a tough economic time, it was touted as his signature foreign policy accomplishment. >> osama bin laden is dead, and general mo it totors is alive. >> osama bin laden was dead and the elite squad of men who took him out instantly became anonymous legends. >> osama. >> and action movie characters. >> a possible jackpot. >> details of the raid were sketchy at first, but soon the white house put out an official narrative of what happened. >> it was a firefight. he, therefore, was killed in that firefight. and t
there are differing accounts from the obama administration and the book written by one of the s.e.a.l.s and most recently in a highly publicized esquire magazine article. in a cmn exclusive report we're getting a different take on how the leader of al qaeda was killed from one of the s.e.a.l.s who raided bin laden's compound. >> reporter: for a nation still grieving in many ways, it was a well-needed victory in the war on terror. >> the united states has conducted an operation that...
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critics say the obama administration is trying to make the public feel the pain of the sequester. >> now time for the new movie "the cruise." >> it is a 3-d animated comedy adventure. it features the voices of ryan reynolds, emma stone, nicolas cage and the about the 1 family road trip. we had a chance to catch up with the a listers on the red carpet at the world premiere at lincoln center. >> the 1 family road trip was with my grandmother and my grandfather. they would take me in the car up to the red woods in northern california and also to the grand canyon and we would spend the night at the motel 6's along the way. i have this very powerful memory of my grandmother lying on a floatation craft in a swimming pool at the motel 6 saying "this is the life." >> anywhere near exciting as this. it was a couple hours to disney land. that's the most exciting place in the world. >> i went to disney land with my family three older brothers my mom and my dad. it was great once we got there. my dad was too cheap to spring for a hotel. it was a straight 22 hour drive which was hell. >> do you r
critics say the obama administration is trying to make the public feel the pain of the sequester. >> now time for the new movie "the cruise." >> it is a 3-d animated comedy adventure. it features the voices of ryan reynolds, emma stone, nicolas cage and the about the 1 family road trip. we had a chance to catch up with the a listers on the red carpet at the world premiere at lincoln center. >> the 1 family road trip was with my grandmother and my grandfather. they...
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. >>> vice-president joseph biden said the obama administration is not giving up on assault weapons. it will not be part of a gun control senate because it does not have enough votes to pass but it could still pass an amendment. vice-president joseph biden is speaking about the need for gun control this morning with the mayor meek bloomberg. >>> he met with a dozen different faiths yesterday when he was still cardinal he proposed they would legalize gay marriages but the idea was rejected. >>> some people say they are gay and will spread hate. the punishment is ugly. now pam girl is responsible for the -- pam is responsible for the ads and she said they are tee -- designed to hurt. >> if this is a small price i have to pay, it is a small price. >>> they have to run the ads because of freedom of speech but mount any will run a peace campaign at the same time as those controversial ads. >> according to new research, they favor same sex marriages and they have changed their views on the topic. it also says 44% are opposed to same sex march ram. >>> they are avoiding a them for six month
. >>> vice-president joseph biden said the obama administration is not giving up on assault weapons. it will not be part of a gun control senate because it does not have enough votes to pass but it could still pass an amendment. vice-president joseph biden is speaking about the need for gun control this morning with the mayor meek bloomberg. >>> he met with a dozen different faiths yesterday when he was still cardinal he proposed they would legalize gay marriages but the idea...
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administration for everyone to get their story straight but what we see in these documents actually put together a couple pieces of the puzzle if everything proves to be correct the sources that were reaching out to secretary clinton last year and into this year were were taking insurgent groups of militant islamic groups in algeria and linking them with not just the attack in benghazi on september eleventh but with the hostage situation that we saw back in january of this group that would be the most are directly linked with al qaida and it's really putting together all sorts of pieces that we haven't seen from the benghazi testimonies this group for fellows to actually make up this information he did a very good job because it looks very convincing once you get over the fact that it's in comic sans and not paint a backdrop but there's lots of reasons he could do that you know if this is the person who the authorities believe it is there's a very good reason that they they went ahead and did as many things they possibly could do to cover up their stuff such as forging these documen
administration for everyone to get their story straight but what we see in these documents actually put together a couple pieces of the puzzle if everything proves to be correct the sources that were reaching out to secretary clinton last year and into this year were were taking insurgent groups of militant islamic groups in algeria and linking them with not just the attack in benghazi on september eleventh but with the hostage situation that we saw back in january of this group that would be...
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i really can't predict what the obama administration m in their policy. if ty do cross it clearly we'll have to make sure these don't get mobilized. five areas have chemical weapons, depots in syria. we have to protect the our ally israel. to make sure the region doesn't degenerate. that entire region with assad completely on the side of iran and lebanon and hezbollah, this is a regional conflict that many of us have an trying to plead that will expand into the entire region, affect the economy and energy prices. melissa: let me ask you about that. what does it mean for the econy? the human toll is devastating and makes us all shudder to see the pictures. this is a show about "money". we want to make sure we discuss that. what does decivilization mean for the economies of the region? >> well, because you have sort of the shia-sunni ax splitting right in the middle of syria you will see the arab sunni states, the gulf states getting involved. they may find the destabilization prevents transport of oil like it used to. they jack up prices to get world atten
i really can't predict what the obama administration m in their policy. if ty do cross it clearly we'll have to make sure these don't get mobilized. five areas have chemical weapons, depots in syria. we have to protect the our ally israel. to make sure the region doesn't degenerate. that entire region with assad completely on the side of iran and lebanon and hezbollah, this is a regional conflict that many of us have an trying to plead that will expand into the entire region, affect the economy...
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bush joins me to explain how the obama administration has not restored america's standing around the world, instead he has destroyed it. log on to our companion site and share your thoughts. share your thoughts. go to great first gig! let's go! party! awwwww... arigato! we are outta here! party...... finding you the perfect place, every step of the way. hotels.com was a record collection. no. ere was that fuzzy stuff the gouda. [ both ] ugh! when it came to our plants... we were so confused. how much is too much water? too little? until we got miracle-gro moisture control. it does what basic soils don't by absorbing more water, so it's there when plants need it. yeah, they're bigger and more beautiful. guaranteed. inots. in the ground. in a ukulele. are youidding me? that was idea. with the right soil... everyone grows withiracle-gro. with the right soil... all right that's a fifth-floor probleok.. not in my house! ha ha ha! ha ha ha! no no no! not today! ha ha ha! ha ha ha! jimmy how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? happier than dikembe mutumbo blocki
bush joins me to explain how the obama administration has not restored america's standing around the world, instead he has destroyed it. log on to our companion site and share your thoughts. share your thoughts. go to great first gig! let's go! party! awwwww... arigato! we are outta here! party...... finding you the perfect place, every step of the way. hotels.com was a record collection. no. ere was that fuzzy stuff the gouda. [ both ] ugh! when it came to our plants... we were so confused....
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[laughter] well the obama administration is doing it again. >> did you see the pictures of president obama playing golf with tiger woods this weekend? neither did we. >> the media covering the president was shutout. the press corps complained. >> fox news' ed henry speaking in his role as white house correspondents' association president said, "it is not about golf. it's about transparency and access in a broader sense." >> the president should have in all fairness due to transparency released some photographs of him either teeing off with tiger or perhaps when they finished. the american people deserve to see what the president of the united states is doing. >> stephen: absolutely. this is about transparency. about a free press holding our leader accountable. i mean it's one thing to keep us in the dark about a fleet of flying robo-assassins. but a round of golf on your day off? where's the judicial oversight? oh, i suppose white house lawyers have drawn up some convoluted legal justification for using a five-wood on a par three! there are a lot of holes in this story, folks. specif
[laughter] well the obama administration is doing it again. >> did you see the pictures of president obama playing golf with tiger woods this weekend? neither did we. >> the media covering the president was shutout. the press corps complained. >> fox news' ed henry speaking in his role as white house correspondents' association president said, "it is not about golf. it's about transparency and access in a broader sense." >> the president should have in all...
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it was a name juror foreign policy objective of the obama administration when he came in. special envoy grossman who took mr. holbrooke's place when he passed away had a principle mission to do that but those negotiations broke down because one, the karzai government was not involved, pakistan was not involved and the various influential groups inside afghanistan were also not involved. the fact that karzai is beginning the initiative i don't see anything wrong with that. i think it's the beginning of a very long process which is also troubled by the opposition that the factions have and the strong views. i mean people in afghanistan do not want the taliban to take control of any of the population inside of afghanistan after a negotiated settlement to be sure. jenna: you mentioned the factions though. it was interesting doing a little research for this segment i realize the state department does not list the taliban as a terrorist organization. there are different taliban-related groups, for example, a taliban, i want to call it a sector, a taliban group in pakistan that i
it was a name juror foreign policy objective of the obama administration when he came in. special envoy grossman who took mr. holbrooke's place when he passed away had a principle mission to do that but those negotiations broke down because one, the karzai government was not involved, pakistan was not involved and the various influential groups inside afghanistan were also not involved. the fact that karzai is beginning the initiative i don't see anything wrong with that. i think it's the...